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package org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.server.service.impl;

import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameter;

/**
 * Provides methods to serialize a Spring Batch {@link JobParameter} to the proper format.
 */
public interface ScdfJobParametersConverter {

	/**
	 * Serializes a Spring Batch {@link JobParameter} to the proper format.
	 * @param jobParameter to be serialized
	 * @return Serialized job parameter
	 */
	String deserializeJobParameter(JobParameter jobParameter);
}
